From the Niagara Falls Review: The issues here are openness and transparency. City council gets it. The Niagara Parks Commission does not. Monday night council passed a resolution urging the Ontario government to force the NPC to adhere to the principles of openness, transparency and accountability. Sounds reasonable enough to us. The NPC is an…
From a press release seen on Hotel-Online.com: At a time when news reports are focused on the challenging economic climate, the Baymont brand, one of North America’s fastest growing hotel chains known for its hometown hospitality, continues to grow to meet consumer demand with the opening of its first hotel outside of the U.S.: the…
This is kind of a random article that came across my news feed about Bill Stern, a sports broadcaster from the 1940s. I have no idea if this particular story is true, but a Philadelphia Enquirer story shares the following… In 1946, Stern told the story of millionaire Harry Oakes. Decades earlier Oakes had been a hobo….
HOCO has made some great progress on the new Tim Hortons / Retail building that they are constructing on Clifton Hill. Getting the site ready to start the new building took a while, but the building itself seems to be coming along quickly.
It looks like the Hilton is now up to the 47th floor.
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This picture was taken a few days ago. There is still no indication on the building that I could see that it is going to be a Build-a-Bear Workshop, but that is what the City of Niagara Falls web site says. Also, the Build-A-Bear Workshop web site shows that there will be one at this…
Swiss Chalet is a popular family restaurant in Canada. My family has a tradition of going there on New Year’s Day. It started with my grandmother (she loves it), and has been continued by my father. When we were there a couple of months ago, my sister took a couple of pictures of the kids…